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Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
Yeah the cut for lock and window is kind of bigger than the switch's so they keep moving around. I get different door panels later when i redo my interior.
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Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
How's that driveshaft looking?
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i don't know yet. soon to find out though turned out awesome! this thing is huge
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Re: Finally "Silvers" build thread!! ('78 swb 2wd silverado)
im in the middle of recessing the gauges. if this works how i planned it ill do a full write up on it. it should turn out really clean. here's a few pics... i have more progress but haven't taken pics yet.
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just went out and took these
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i was going to try and use the plastic piece but i broke it into pieces on Billy's drill press. so i went with the back up plan and drilled the holes on the metal bezel part 2 5/8. nice tight perfect fit so far. im now cutting out the back of the white plastic part of the bezel so i can bolt the black piece with the gauges on. then i'll put the bezel on and start taking off a little at a time till i can see the full view of the gauges. and hope the glass on the gauges is mashed against the bezels holes. if not ill shim them up some how. im trying to do this without glueing anything and everything will come apart just like the factory would have done it it should turn out sweet!
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yes the ultra lite II's 2 5/8
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"People don't like a lazy painter.."
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hey menace what size are youre front wheels?
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wait till your painting something and you will think of that. it sucks dude!
fronts are 20x9 (i think) i'll double check for ya
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they are 20x8.5 playa
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here's the gauge pics...
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like i said i wasn't happy with the results so hopefully by next week the 2 1/16 gauges will be here and i'll start over. also going to order the speedo in 5" and tach. along with this baby...http://www.summitracing.com/parts/WI...6-BK/?rtype=10
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Why dont you buy the billet aluminum cover for the gauges and use that. That is what I am using and it looks sick. I will post a pic of mine when I get home. But heres a pic of what mine looks like.
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what size are your gauges??
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this was one of the first threads i ever read all the way through... damn shame for a bunch of things... very sad
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First of all, DICK, this question was for breeze85cten on page 71 of this build. So no such thing had happened yet, second of all I didn't read through the thread further enough to find out like you claim I did, ASSumer!!! Cant stand people like you.
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i want them to angle up a little. that looks sweet but i'm going for something a little less racy looking. and more factory but classy looking.
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Hey menace did you happen to to see 68 short step work on my truck blue-ray.? He did my auto-meters just they way you doing and they worked out ok. check into it. or ask him how he did it to make it work. nice truck by the way too.
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I think the smaller gauges will look just right in there. The others that I have seen done the guys have grinded off the back of the stock bezel so that the larger ones will be seen better. Going with the smaller gauges will accomplish the same thing though. I think it will look sweet in there man!
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